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Activists submit 30 proposed ballot initiatives
Activists rushed to file proposed initiatives on everything from rolling back the new sales tax hike to lifting the state cap on charter schools and protecting endangered whales – the first step in a long road to the 2010 ballot.
As ballot initiative deadline nears, backers of 40B repeal re-file
The attorney general's office confirmed Tuesday that proponents of a ballot measure to repeal the state's affordable housing law, Chapter 40B of the General Laws, have taken the initial steps to place the measure on the ballot.
Group wants to give Mass. voters the chance to eliminate tolls
One group wants to give voters a chance to throw out the tolls.
Ballot question would end tolls
Toll opponents are hoping to give Massachusetts voters a chance to have their say during next year's election.
Question would overhaul Mass. legislative ballots
Lawmakers in the Massachusetts House and Senate would be required to hold secret ballots when electing the House speaker and Senate president under a proposed constitutional amendment.
Domestic partnerships under attack
It's generally agreed that the two most liberal regions of the country are along the Northeast corridor and on the West Coast. But in recent years, the two areas have certainly diverged when it comes to gay marriage - and it may have something to do with the initiative system.
Mass. proposal would make it harder to seize homes
A group of Massachusetts lawmakers are looking to toughen protections for homeowners four years after the nation's highest court ruled cities may bulldoze people's houses to make way for shopping malls.
Polito looks to impose term limits
State Rep. Karyn Polito, R-Shrewsbury, filed a constitutional amendment Friday that would place 12-year term limits on Massachusetts state legislators
Can Gay Marriage Promote Values?
This Sunday, May 17, is the five year anniversary of the first gay marriage license issued in Massachusetts, the first state in the nation to allow same sex partners to wed.
Massachusetts towns try to punish public marijuana use
Dozens of Massachusetts cities and towns are taking steps to impose stiff new fines for smoking marijuana in public and even to charge some violators with misdemeanors, a trend that critics say subverts the state ballot question passed overwhelmingly last fall to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana.
